Blueberry Pie Recipe

Organic Blueberry Pie

Now that Autumn is upon us, I have been in the mood to bake.  I love Blueberries and have always wanted to try Blueberry Pie.  Given the health benefits of blueberries, I figured a blueberry pie would be healthier than say a chocolate pie...just don't talk about the sugar in it.  Anyway, I have to say that Blueberry Pie is delicious!  Another benefit to making pie yourself is you know exactly what is in the pie and you can use all organic ingredients if you want.

I got this recipe from the book Don't Panic Dinner's in the Freezer.  The beauty of this pie recipe is you can freeze it, if you want.  I, however, wanted to make and eat it right away.  The the book the pie recipe is called Mom's Blueberry Pie.  I made my own pie crust and even though this pie recipe does not call for a crust on top of the pie, I went ahead and sprinkled the other pie shell on top of the pie because my husband loves pie crust.  So you can make it with or without a top pie shell.  Here's my pie crust recipe.  If you prefer to do the top layer the traditional way then roll the pie crust and cut in strips.  I found sprinkling the pie crust on top achieves the same purpose and saves time.

Mom's Blueberry Pie

4 cups blueberries (I used organic frozen blueberries that I bought at Costco)
2 heaping Tablespoons of flour
1 cup sugar (I used about 3/4 cup)
1 Tablespoon butter
3/4 teaspoon lemon juice (I didn't have any lemons so I left this out and it turned out great)

Directions

Rinse berries in colander.  Place berries in saucepan with flour, sugar, butter, and lemon juice, and bring just to boiling point.  Pour in unbaked pie shell.  If you want to freeze it, use foil and plastic wrap to freeze.

If cooking day of, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Bake 40-50 minutes or until filling bubbles.

If baking from frozen state, preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake 40-50 minutes.

Hint: If pie crust is getting too brown before filling is done, cover lightly with foil and continue baking.

Make your pie crust first

Heat and stir the filling

If you don't want a top crust, bake or freeze just like this

If you want a top crust, add it here

Yummy Blueberry Pie!

Quick and Easy Pie Crust Recipe

Tasty Pie Crust

I finally made my own pie crust and I have to say it was a lot easier than I thought it would be.  Not to mention the taste was 10 times better than the frozen pie shells I usually use.  This took me only about 5 minutes to make and I knew exactly what was in my pie shell. 

Many pie crust recipes use lard, some oil, but I wanted one with butter.  I don't have any lard and didn't want to go to the store for one thing.  I found a recipe that uses butter here.  I used unsalted Simple Truth Organic butter that I bought at Kroger's.  Although the original recipe calls for Land O' Lakes butter, I don't think it really matters what kind of butter you use.

Butter Pie Crust Recipe

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup cold 

4 to 5 tablespoons cold water

 

Directions

Combine flour and salt in large bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. I used a knife and flaked it off the stick.  Stir in enough water with fork just until flour is moistened.

Divide dough in half; shape each half into ball. Flatten slightly. Wrap 1 ball in plastic food wrap; refrigerate.

For 1-crust pie, roll out 1 ball of dough on lightly floured surface into 12-inch circle. Fold into quarters. Place dough into 9-inch pie pan; unfold dough, pressing firmly against bottom and sides. Trim crust to 1/2 inch from edge of pan. Crimp or flute edge. Fill and bake according to pie recipe directions.

For 2-crust pie, roll out remaining ball of dough on lightly floured surface into 12-inch circle. Fold dough into quarters. Place dough over filling; unfold. Trim, seal and crimp or flute edge. Cut 5 or 6 large slits in crust. Bake according to pie recipe directions.

For baked unfilled pie shell, prepare dough as directed above for 1-crust pie. Prick crust all over with fork before baking. Bake at 475°F. for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. 

 

*Rolling the dough Tip

Place dough between two pieces of wax paper.  Roll dough with rolling pin over the wax paper.  This made rolling and clean up so much easier.

Mini Apple Pie Bites

Mini Apple Pies

What American does not love Apple Pie?  Okay, in all honesty, I did not like it as a child but as an adult I love it!  A friend gave me the idea for these.  I took her recipe and used what I had and they turned out delicious.

Mini Apple Pie Bites Recipe

2 large apples
1 roll of crescent rolls
2 tsp Splenda or sugar
1-2 tsp melted butter (or use spray butter)

Peel and cut the apples into bite size pieces.  Roll out the crescent roll dough.  Sprinkle with butter and Splenda.  Wrap each apple bite around the crescent roll.  Tear it apart and make 3-4 apple bites per crescent roll.  Top apple bites with butter and Splenda.  Bake at 375 degrees for 11 minutes.  Serve warm à la mode!